Beer

Beer

Any alcoholic beverage brewed by slow fermentation from malted cereal grain and flavoured with hops.

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barleywine

Beverages; Beer

An exceptionally strong type of ale. Barelywines tend to be very alcoholic, with a lot of sweetness from residual unfermented sugars. Many are very hoppy as well, to balance the sweetness of the ...

biere de garde

Beverages; Beer

A malty, strong French-style ale.

bitter

Beverages; Beer

A style of ale which originated in England. Typically pale to copper colored, with a pronounced hop character.

brown ale

Beverages; Beer

A mild, brown beer, usually low in alcohol.

California common

Beverages; Beer

Steam beer may be defined as a highly effervescent beer made by brewing lager yeasts at ale fermentation temperatures.

cream ale

Beverages; Beer

A variation on American Light Lager. Fermented as an ale, but lagered. Typically contains rice or corn as an adjunct.

doppelbock

Beverages; Beer

Most commonly used to refer to a very strong, German-style lager beer. To be called a Doppelbock under German law, a beer must have an original gravity of at least 18ºP.